New Materials

Abstract

Electronic materials production and processing capabilities have a large impact on device and circuit performance. In order to address the issue of patterns of interdependence with respect to US-Japanese science and technology exchange in new materials, it is helpful first to establish the role and importance of materials within various industries and society as a whole. The properties and performance of various materials were achieved and enhanced through various processing methods but without the benefit of basic material science as in modern materials processing and without the essential modern concept that properties and performance are controlled through control of the structure of materials. Semiconductor devices are an excellent example of an area in which advanced materials are of critical economic importance. The Japanese Technology Evaluation Program report referred to earlier provides an excellent overview of the role played by the Japanese government in advanced materials acquisition, application, development, and licensing.